Climate Change
Last week, most parts of Central and Western Europe were punished with an unbearable heat that used to be normal only in August, just a few years ago. France, Germany, Spain, Poland, and Austria were some of the countries that fought against the peak temperatures above 104°F (40°C).
Climate Change
The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee and the Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety Committee objected with 76 votes to 62 votes to the European Commission's (EC) proposal to label specific nuclear and gas energy ‘green’.
Climate Change
This week in 1972, the world’s first environment conference was held in Stockholm, known as the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment or the Stockholm Conference. 50 years later in the same week, a Climate Change Conference started on the 6th of June in Bonn, Germany, and will run until
Climate Change
The Emirates Waste to Energy plant in Sharjah, which is a joint venture between BEEAH and Masdar was inaugurated on May 24, 2022. First announced in 2018, the plant was originally planned to open in 2020 but was postponed due to COVID-19.
Climate Change
If global food waste were a country, it would rank third in the world in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Food waste created during processing, transporting, preparing, and storing has a cascading effect that has a long-term impact on the ecosystem.
Climate Change
If global temperature rises by 2.9°C compared to pre-industrial levels, the world's most-vulnerable countries’ average GDP will fall by 20% by 2050 and 64% by 2100. These nations require at least $300 billion a year to respond to damage by 2030. Now, the question is, who should pay for this?
Climate Change
The beginning of 2020 saw countries going into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the economy came to a standstill, companies that couldn’t do home office were shut down, and transportation was curtailed. However, as destructive as the COVID-19 was, there appeared a comforting outco
Climate Change
The global consumption of the fashion industry was 62 million metric tons in 2019, which is expected to rise to 102 million tons by 2029. Every year, the fashion industry emits more than 1.2 billion tons of CO2 equivalent, which is more than the greenhouse gas emission (GHG) emitted by France, the U
Climate Change
The EU has raised the emission target bar to at least a 55% reduction by 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050. As Italy’s efforts and targets are naturally connected with the EU guidelines, the country aims to cut down its emission by around 60% by 2030 and reach “net-zero” by the year 2050, with the
Renewable Energy
The renewable energy capacity in Scandinavia countries has been growing steadily during the past ten years, although each country depends on a different source. Denmark relies on wind energy and biofuels, Norway on hydropower, and Sweden on biofuels.
Climate Change
France’s current national law targets to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. However, more than 100 NGOs have criticized the French government for setting the bar too low.
Climate Change
On Monday, April 4, 2022, The Working Group III of IPCC issued its report on climate change mitigation progress. One chapter raised the concern about the large amount of energy consumed by digital technologies.